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Assembling a Cylinder

Assembling a Cylinder

Assembling a Cylinder It’s not too difficult to assemble a cylinder, if you have enough practice. The problem is that most of us don’t get enough practice. Most of our cylinders come straight out of the box or are made to order, and it’s only on...
Where do our key blanks come from?

Where do our key blanks come from?

Where do our key blanks come from? Every key-cutter needs key blanks onto which to cut. Aside from a few quite bog-standard ones, most key blanks are quite specialist pieces of kit and get made in only a few locations in the world. It’s an interesting and in...
The Entropy of a Master Key Suite

The Entropy of a Master Key Suite

The Entropy of a Master Key Suite Entropy is all around us. Everything has entropy: the device you’re reading this on, your haircut, the universe. But master key suites, too, have high levels of the stuff. (There’s a short description of what a master key...
Locks for Airbnb

Locks for Airbnb

Locks for Airbnb We’ve spoken about smart locks before, discussing how useful they can be, and what their drawbacks are. That article had one crucial omission, and that’s Airbnb. Without Airbnb, smart locks would be quite niche Smart locks are cool, but...
Innovation in the Locksmith Industry

Innovation in the Locksmith Industry

Innovation in the Locksmith Industry The German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of the eponymous airship, was the laughing stock of his family. To his cousins, he was just a crank, or a mad scientist. But he was an important innovator, and revolutionised air...
Champion Locksmiths: Keeping the Big Apple Secure

Champion Locksmiths: Keeping the Big Apple Secure

Champion Locksmiths: Keeping the Big Apple Secure Back in the 1990s we had a partnership with a New York City-based firm called Champion Locksmiths. I’ve looked them up and don’t think they’re trading any longer. In 1996 we paid them a visit and our...